Absent from the screens for more than three years, Thomas known as “Toto” made his return to the screen in The Brain in December 2024. In the meantime, the ex-professional boxer has mainly returned to work in a restaurant. A period away from the cameras that he did not experience very well, as he tells us.
We must not wake the lion! Very calm since the start of the broadcast of The BrainThomas, formerly known for his numerous bloodshed, saw his old demons resurface this Monday, January 13. Following the accusations made by Mélanie ENT, who accused him of being “a scale“, the former professional boxer got angry for the first time. “We were on edge because of the acting and the fatigue from filming. Mélanie is blood. Mea culpa“, he wrote, following this episode, on his social networks. Because yes, Thomas has changed and no longer lets himself be overwhelmed by anger so easily. The solid couple he has formed for several years with his partner, and the fact that he returned to work in life “normal” is perhaps not unrelated to the sudden arrival of great wisdom in the candidate.
“The first two months were difficult” : Thomas (The Brain) returned to work in a restaurant
He himself admits that one of the factors that has made him soften comes from his fulfilling love life with his partner. “She channeled me and she brought me a lot of calm“, attests the one who emphasizes that his advancing age also plays a role in his maturity.”I’m not at all the same person as before“, he promises. In addition to these two elements, it should be remembered that the thirty-year-old stopped filming at a frenetic pace and returned to work in a restaurant located in Marseille, his hometown. “It was horrible at first. The first two months were difficult. People didn’t come to consume, but rather to see me and take photos“, he remembers, comparing himself to a paparazzi target. He nevertheless assures that things then returned to normal after “a few months.“
Thomas (The Brain) explains why he took a break from reality TV: “I wanted to find a balance that I had lost“
With ten reality TV shows between 2016 and 2021, Rémi Notta’s ex-best friend in The Angels was one of those who toured the most. “I wanted to find a certain stability and balance that I had lost in this media whirlwind what is reality TV“, he concedes. If he does not want to say that he regrets his career, and that he even declares that he has “loved it“In the past years, however, he admits to having gotten a little lost along the way.”When you feel this feeling, you have to go back to where you started“, he tells us, with disconcerting maturity. Finding working hours fixed in advance, having to get up and go to bed to be in good shape, moreover, “returning to normal life”, has given him a lot of stress. GOOD. “It was very good to find discipline again. Some say it’s brave, no, it’s just normal“, he concludes.